Secularisation debate
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- Secularisation
- Martin
- Criticism of Wilson
- belief
- Transcendental experience
- Fundamentalism
- Belief in God
- Difficulty measuring attendance
- Individualism
- Meaning?
- Believing but not belonging
- Privatisation and disembeddingof religion
- Marxism
- The purpose of religion is to create a false class consciousness and exploit the WC
- One day capitalism will lead to longer working hours for less pay, meaning workers will question their truth and become class conscious
- This will create a social revolution and capitalism will be replaced by true communism
- Religion has no purpose in true communism and will therefore die
- This will create a social revolution and capitalism will be replaced by true communism
- One day capitalism will lead to longer working hours for less pay, meaning workers will question their truth and become class conscious
- The purpose of religion is to create a false class consciousness and exploit the WC
- Postmodernism
- Believing without belonging (Davie)
- Vicarious religion - it is still used when needed (e.g rites of passage)
- Religion is not declining but is becoming privatised
- Spiritual shopping (Hervieu-Leger)
- Individuals are able to pick and choose parts of religion That fit their own beliefs
- This has increased due to globalisation and the decline of collective religion and has been replaced by individualism
- Individuals are able to pick and choose parts of religion That fit their own beliefs
- Jesus in Disneyland (Lyon)
- Religious consumerism (spiritual shopping) increases individualism in faith
- Religion is relocated from a place of worship to anywhere due to technology
- Disembedding of religion
- Believing without belonging (Davie)
- Wilson
- defined secularisationas a decline in belief, practice and religious influence
- Functionalism
- Religion goes through a cycle of decline, revival and rise
- Religion is changing not declining
- Societal changes lead to decrease in sacredness, which undermines collective conscience.
- People do not have time for religion so become secular
- Monotony in life leads people to question the purpose of life
- Experience cult of man
- Religion revived and grows
- Experience cult of man
- Monotony in life leads people to question the purpose of life
- People do not have time for religion so become secular
- Religion goes through a cycle of decline, revival and rise
- Existential security
- Criticism of S+B
- Religion is used in times of hardship and to help believers feel secure
- USA has higher, poverty and less welfare than Europe so more people are religious due to this
- Population growth is high in poor countries which are therefore more religious
- Market theory
- Stark and Bainbridge
- When demand is high, supply is high -> higher participation
- Concept of secularisation is Eurocentric due to Europe having a steady religion throughout history
- Countries with no main religion (eg USA) have more religious diversity due to seeking religion
- Religions ‘compete’ like businesses for ‘customers’. Those with higher participation flourish whereas others die out
- When demand is low, supply is low -> low participation
- Stark and Bainbridge
- Martin
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